{"podcast":{"title":"Blurry Creatures","slug":"blurry-creatures-744682","podcast_index_feed_id":744682,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/blurrycreatures","website_url":"https://blurrycreatures.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9eedb4a2-f95a-11ee-9aae-27c5b24a191b/image/57b9a0e594932b39c42f7e17ef75e4ee.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Blurry Creatures","episode_count":464,"summary":"There is more going on than what you can see. Blurry Creatures is the podcast that takes the strange, the unexplained, and the flat-out weird seriously, and asks what the Bible actually has to say about it. Every week, hosts Luke Rodgers and Nate Henry dig into the topics most people are afraid to touch. UFOs and UAPs. Cryptids and creatures. The Nephilim, the Watchers, and the sons of God. The divine council, cosmic geography, and the spiritual war happening just past the edge of our vision. Rooted in a biblical framework, the show pulls ancient texts, real witness testimony, and honest questions into the same conversation. This is not fringe for the sake of fringe. It is graduate-level theology, academic discussion, and real-world testimony made for regular people, with room for wonder, a healthy dose of humor, and a refusal to pretend the supernatural stopped being real. Whether you are a lifelong believer, a curious skeptic, or someone who has seen something you cannot explain, there is a seat for you here. Come for the mystery. Stay for the truth that holds it all together. New episodes every week.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-05T04:22:12.139692+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blurry-creatures-744682"},"episode":{"title":"EP: 455 What Really Happened to the Apostles After Acts with Dr. Bryan Litfin","slug":"ep-455-what-really-happened-to-the-apostles-after-acts-with-dr-bryan-litfin","published_at":"2026-08-18T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blurry-creatures-744682/ep-455-what-really-happened-to-the-apostles-after-acts-with-dr-bryan-litfin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blurry-creatures-744682","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/s.gum.fm/s-661fc8f0defef17c866096ba/mgln.ai/e/617/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEW8899068815.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/s.gum.fm/s-661fc8f0defef17c866096ba/mgln.ai/e/617/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEW8899068815.mp3","summary":"The Bible tells us the apostles scatter. Then it goes quiet. Dr. Bryan Litfin picks up the trail right where Acts drops it. The Liberty professor and early church expert takes Nate and Luke back into the first century to trace what actually happened to Peter, Paul, and Thomas. Peter dies in Nero's circus at the foot of what is now the Vatican, crucified upside down while Christians burn as human torches around him. Paul is beheaded outside the city walls. And in 2009, someone drilled into his sarcophagus and tested what was inside. First-century male bones.This one goes deep, and it goes weird. Handkerchiefs lowered on strings to touch a martyr's bones. Thomas walking east down the Silk Road while Paul walks west toward the end of the world. A worldview where holiness was something you could physically touch, where power moved through cloth and bone the same way it left Jesus when the woman grabbed his robe. Litfin makes the case that the early church believed the blurry stuff too, and that it was the Enlightenment that finally drained the supernatural out of the faith. The apostles left more behind than a book. This is the rest of the story. This Episode is Sponsored By: https://preborn.com/blurry — Visit the PreBorn! website or dial #250 and use keyword BABY to donate today. https://www.bruntworkwear.comBLURRY — Get $10 Off at BRUNT with code BLURRY at checkout and enter THE BRUNT POTTY OF GOLD SWEEPSTAKES for your chance to win $50,000. No purchase necessary. Ends 9/18/26. Official rules apply. #Bruntpod #sponsored http://blurrygold.com/ — Get a FREE Gold & Silver Kit while supplies last! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The Bible tells us the apostles scatter. Then it goes quiet. Dr. Bryan Litfin picks up the trail right where Acts drops it. The Liberty professor and earl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6367,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blurry-creatures-744682/episodes/ep-455-what-really-happened-to-the-apostles-after-acts-with-dr-bryan-litfin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blurry-creatures-744682/ep-455-what-really-happened-to-the-apostles-after-acts-with-dr-bryan-litfin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}